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Royals Charities Partners With Royals Grounds Crew For Home Runs For Hunger

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As the holiday season nears, Royals Charities and the Kansas City Royals Grounds Crew are hosting the second annual Home Runs for Hunger event at Kauffman Stadium on Friday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9. Fans who donate canned food items or make a cash donation to Harvesters-The Community Food Network will have the unique opportunity to take batting practice on the field and shag fly balls in the outfield

Fans can secure one swing against a pitching machine on the Kauffman Stadium field by donating three non-perishable canned food items or by making a $2 contribution. There will be a maximum of 10 pitches per participant. Batters will be entered into a drawing for autographed memorabilia for each home run hit.

Fans will also have the opportunity to shag fly balls in the outfield for 15 minutes by donating $25. Participants are responsible for bringing their own gloves for outfield shagging. The Royals will provide bats, baseballs and helmets for the event.

Home Runs for Hunger will run Friday, November 8 from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, November 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (weather permitting). Please note that children must be at least 48 inches tall to participate, and all children under the age of 17 will need a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.

As fans enter Kauffman Stadium, Royals staff will be on hand to collect canned food items and donations and will give each participant a number indicating the hitting order and respective number of pitches and/or shagging time. Family and friends are welcome to attend and may watch from the seating bowl.

Fans who are unable to attend but wish to make a monetary donation may send checks to Royals Charities at One Royal Way, Kansas City, MO 64129. Please note in the memo of the check that it is for Home Runs for Hunger.

As the area's only food bank, Harvesters has been helping people in need since 1979. The Harvesters network includes more than 620 nonprofit agencies throughout a 26-county service area, including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children's homes, homes for the mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons. Harvesters can feed five people for just $1 and provides food assistance to as many as 66,000 different people each week.